Welcome to the Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories website
This will give you some background information about the podcasts, songs and live storytelling and music performances from the wacky, zany, and surreal world of Stumpy Sanderson. It is for anyone who remembers growing up in the Seventies (or who wants to know about growing up in the Seventies) and the great times we had back then.
“Lost in Andrew’s surreal and funny world, I blissfully forgot reality.”
About The Stories
All stories are written and told using their original source materials – scribblings and scrawls from Stumpy Sanderson’s two Time Capsules – the first of which was buried in 1979 and then unearthed in 2019, and the second of which was buried in 1983 and then unearthed in 2023.
(Note to audience – earlier versions and performances of some of these stories were based upon duplicate texts that were found in 1999 stashed inside one of Stumpy’s old school bags that he had stored in his parents’ loft)
“A hilarious and engaging cross between Jackanory and Tiswas.”
The Stories
Podcast stories out now on Apple, Spotify, Libsyn, YouTube, GetPodcast and other podcast outlets. 2 x new stories are released at the end of every month.
Please click on the podcast outlets for links:
Apple – click here
Spotify – click here
YouTube – click here
Libsyn – click here
GetPodcast – click here
Listen to the astonishing tales of the hair-raising japes, scrapes and capers that a group of mischievous comic-reading working class boys get up to and into while growing up in 1970s Dunstable. Hear all about their exploits, along with those of their trusty accomplices and allies, and of the fearsome foes whose paths they cross.
Podcast Series 2
CHUTNEY BARTON GETS HIS EUPHONIUM OUT (1975)
Available on podcast from July 2025
MACREADY DOWN AND UP, SHAKEN AND STIRRED (1977)
Available on podcast from July 2025
THE LEA VALLEY METEOR (1973)
Available on podcast from July 2025
CRACKED JUSTICE (1976)
Available on podcast from August 2025
THE PUNK DUFF EXPERIENCE (1978)
Available on podcast from August 2025
A HOSE FOR ALL SEASONS (1974)
Available on podcast from September 2025
GORDON BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN (1971)
Available on podcast from September 2025
A BITE TO REMEMBER (1977)
Available on podcast from October 2025
CUNNINGHAM’S TOMB (1978)
Available on podcast from October 2025
TWO MERRY MONKS AND TWO PAIRS OF CLACKERS (1979)
Available on podcast from November 2025
A SUPERMARKET FATE WORSE THAN DEATH (1979)
Available on podcast from November 2025
THE FASTEST GUMBO IN THE WEST (1975)
Available on podcast from February 2026
ARISE SIR PUFFER, O GREAT THESPIAN (1977)
Available on podcast from February 2026
TUB HORTON VERSUS THE WEASEL (1973)
Available on podcast from March 2026
STUBBLE AND WHISKERS (1979)
Available on podcast from March 2026
AN ILLUMINATING EXPERIENCE (A WAINWRIGHT & SINGH MYSTERY) (1972)
Available on podcast from March 2026
THE IDIOTS’ WALTZ (1974)
Available on podcast from April 2026
A MULTIPLE STUMPY (1970)
Available on podcast from April 2026
THE TOXIC KEV EXPERIMENT (1978)
Available on podcast from May 2026
A BAG OF SCRUMPS (1974)
Available on podcast from May 2026
HARD BOILED STUMPY (1976)
Available on podcast from June 2026
CHIPOLATA MICK AND THE FLIGHT OF THE PINK ZEPPELIN (1979)
Available on podcast from June 2026
Podcast Series 1
THE STRANGE CASE OF SMILER MORTON (1974)
Available on podcast from October 2021
BREAKING OLD RELIABLE (1975)
Available on podcast from October 2021
PUFFER SUSPENDED (1976)
Available on podcast from October 2021
GOODBYE, BENDY HENDERSON (1976)
Available on podcast from October 2021
THE SATANIC RITES OF STUMPY (1977)
Available on podcast from November 2021
JUDKINS’ BUGLE (1977)
Available on podcast from November 2021
THE IMMORTAL CHIN (1975)
Available on podcast from December 2021
FOREVER CHAMBERS (1977)
Available on podcast from December 2021
THE TAUNTON FIELDS AFFAIR (1973)
Available on podcast from January 2022
CARTWRIGHT’S REVENGE (1978)
Available on podcast from January 2022
THE BALLAD OF TURNER AND MIDDLETON (1974)
Available on podcast from February 2022
MRS SANDERSON’S SLEDGEHAMMER (1979)
Available on podcast from February 2022
BENDY’S BIG CATCH (1978)
Available on podcast from March 2022
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF KING AND HYDE (1979)
Available on podcast from March 2022
DRIBBLING PETER (1975)
Available on podcast from April 2022
BENDY AND THE SNOWBALL OF TERROR (1973)
Available on podcast from April 2022
GORDON, IMMEDIATE LAUNCH (1971)
Available on podcast from May 2022
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING STUMPY (1972)
Available on podcast from May 2022
HMS PUFFER (1976)
Available on podcast from June 2022
THE GREAT FREIGHT TRAIN ADVENTURE (1978)
Available on podcast from June 2022
THE 64 LEGS OF CREEPING GILBERT (1970)
Available on podcast from July 2022
BROOKMAN’S GROKHOT (1979)
Available on podcast from July 2022
Latest News
“I was crying with laughter.”
MEET THE MAIN GANG
Here they are, the five main gang members and loyal friends who crash, bang, wallop, hurtle and skid their way through 1970s Dunstable. Join Stumpy, Puffer, Bendy, Brookman and your narrator on their extraordinary journey…
